The Arkansas Razorbacks reportedly put a call into Pete Carroll and the NFL Network's Steve Mariucci to inquire about their current head-coaching vacancy.

The Arkansas Razorbacks have a tough spot to fill: they need to land a head coach to replace Bobby Petrino. They're reportedly "likely" to make a move soon, and they're reportedly swinging for the fences and chasing after current Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.

Carroll doesn't say that Arkansas contacted him, but it's not as if it really matters: there's no chance in hell that he'd leave his gig with the Seahawks for the Razorbacks job.

Spring practice has already started for 2012, so there's limited time to recruit, prepare, keep kids from transferring, etc. And the Seahawks are a team on the rise.

Mooch is a much more likely candidate, and he would be an interesting fit. However, he hasn't coached since 2005, and additionally, as Mariucci told CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd, "it comes as complete surprise" to hear those rumors.

"I just had a few phone calls from my son and a few friends asking what's going on and to be honest I hadn't heard about it,” Mariucci told CBSSports.com's Dodd. "It comes as a complete surprise to me.”

Will Brinson joined CBS Sports in 2010 and enters his seventh season covering the NFL for CBS. He previously wrote for FanHouse along with myriad other Internet sites. A North Carolina native who lives...
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